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and god bless the united states of america! ( cheers and applause ) >> narrator: on sunday, march 21, the president waited to see whether he had convinced just enough members of his own party to push the bill through. >> down to the wire on health care reform. the house votes just hours from now. >> after months of rancor in the streets, the vote takes place in just a few hours. >> members will record their votes by electronic device. >> sitting in the roosevelt room, the president, the vice president, we sat there, and there was a small bit of anxiety as we watched the votes tick up. >> it is a 15-minute vote. >> we've had victory snatched from us before. >> on this vote, the yeas are 219, the nays are 212. the motion is adopted. ( gavel pounds ) ( cheers and applause ) >> the 216th vote comes over, a big cheer erupts. >> 219 to 212. no votes from republicans. >> all democrats, no republicans. >> this is a huge victory for this president. >> for decades, they've been trying to do it. >> good evening, everybody. this legislatio
and god bless the united states of america! ( cheers and applause ) >> narrator: on sunday, march 21, the president waited to see whether he had convinced just enough members of his own party to push the bill through. >> down to the wire on health care reform. the house votes just hours from now. >> after months of rancor in the streets, the vote takes place in just a few hours. >> members will record their votes by electronic device. >> sitting in the roosevelt...
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more than three quarters of america's population lives on or near our waterways. the plague of tyson's-style sprawl has recently threatened neighboring loudoun county. but here in loudoun, environmental leaders fashioned a new tactic to counter aggressive development and to protect chesapeake bay. >> getting up in front of a crowd and saying, "the bay's in tough shape, and the pollution's getting worse, and we've got to change our lifestyles to save it," really doesn't get you anywhere. but you can get people to do the things that we need to do to save the bay, if we can train them in ways that... that correspond to what they really care about. >> smith: in loudon, what people care most about is traffic and taxes. two issues the environmentalists leveraged to launch a political campaign against developers in 2006. >> how do big developers plan to deal with our traffic problems? they want to build more homes in our area-- 33,000 more. that would mean thousands of more cars and more traffic. >> smith: tapping into local concerns, citizen activists organized to carry
more than three quarters of america's population lives on or near our waterways. the plague of tyson's-style sprawl has recently threatened neighboring loudoun county. but here in loudoun, environmental leaders fashioned a new tactic to counter aggressive development and to protect chesapeake bay. >> getting up in front of a crowd and saying, "the bay's in tough shape, and the pollution's getting worse, and we've got to change our lifestyles to save it," really doesn't get you...
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farmer in latin america? i think we need to ask that question. it needs to be part of the conversation. because i can't imagine most people who are undocumented really wanting to have to leave their home, their families, their friends to come to a country that they don't know or they don't necessarily speak the language, where they don't necessarily really know anyone, to try to make a life. they probably would rather stay home. but there's something that is drawing them here and it probably has something to do with our, you know, the great economy of the united states, but it probably also has something to do with the trade and agriculture policy which put a lot of pressure on economies in this hemisphere. so, with that, madam speaker, i'm just going to say, i'm going to yield back for the close to congressman polis, madam speaker, who has really been a champion on this issue, who has really kept the fire burning on it and i think, madam speaker, that we all owe him a debt of gratitude along with other champ
farmer in latin america? i think we need to ask that question. it needs to be part of the conversation. because i can't imagine most people who are undocumented really wanting to have to leave their home, their families, their friends to come to a country that they don't know or they don't necessarily speak the language, where they don't necessarily really know anyone, to try to make a life. they probably would rather stay home. but there's something that is drawing them here and it probably...
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he was chosen out of all the prosecutors in america by attorney general janet reno to conduct a very sensitive investigation of president clinton when he was accused of some wrongdoing. he conducted that, concluded no charges ought to be brought. this was a highly qualified person and was blocked. so, mr. president, our time is out but i know that -- that every nominee doesn't get to be brought up immediately when they're -- they are called -- when they're -- some people would want to call their nomination up. it requires unanimous consent to bring up a nominee and immediately get a vote and unanimous consent isn't always given, so it slows down people. but i -- and i do believe we ought not to unnecessarily delay persons, but i would want to say that the i ca alacrity by which president obama's nominations are moving far surpasses anything like the difficulties that president bush's nominees had. i've been here, i've seen it, i know that to be a fact, and i hope that we can create a climate where judges have a reasonable time on the docket, they are -- have hearings in judiciary, op
he was chosen out of all the prosecutors in america by attorney general janet reno to conduct a very sensitive investigation of president clinton when he was accused of some wrongdoing. he conducted that, concluded no charges ought to be brought. this was a highly qualified person and was blocked. so, mr. president, our time is out but i know that -- that every nominee doesn't get to be brought up immediately when they're -- they are called -- when they're -- some people would want to call...
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the obama campaign always said america has transcended race. we are better people, we have moved past this. we have had a long and difficult history but we are better than we are and better than we used to be. so rather than confronting the bias directly with the obama campaign it is called people to their better angels and a lot of what the research suggests and is counterintuitive is you might be less successful at calling people out on their body is precisely for this issue which is that even when you are conscious of the unconscious bias within you would doesn't necessarily change behavior. in the back, yes. >> i'm curious about moving this to a different look about scott brown for example and kind of what the redials about the human brain and how massachusetts most liberal state in the union [inaudible] what's that about? [laughter] >> the short and honest answer is i don't know. i think in some ways this becomes a parlor game where you would try to apply the bias to the situations and i can toss out hypotheses and give you my impressions
the obama campaign always said america has transcended race. we are better people, we have moved past this. we have had a long and difficult history but we are better than we are and better than we used to be. so rather than confronting the bias directly with the obama campaign it is called people to their better angels and a lot of what the research suggests and is counterintuitive is you might be less successful at calling people out on their body is precisely for this issue which is that...
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this is america, we do not torture people! host: when it comes to favorability ratings for republicans and democrats, you know that they are at record lows. there was a spike around 2008 for the democratic party, while republicans were at about 43%. what is going on with republican here in the trend line? guest: in the last couple of years, there favorability rating has been about 40%. some of this opposition to the healthcare bill may have helped them in little bit. democrats, on the other hand, have been in decline since obama took office. now both parties are viewed about the same. now it is slightly less than 40% saying they have a favorable view of both parties. host: do you think that that is due to what is happening in congress? is this related to the healthcare bill? guest: some of it is. some of it is probably related to the economy. the economy is the top issue and this long effort to do health care struck some as being the wrong priority. host: dinwiddie, virginia. bob. caller: i had a major heart surgery and became
this is america, we do not torture people! host: when it comes to favorability ratings for republicans and democrats, you know that they are at record lows. there was a spike around 2008 for the democratic party, while republicans were at about 43%. what is going on with republican here in the trend line? guest: in the last couple of years, there favorability rating has been about 40%. some of this opposition to the healthcare bill may have helped them in little bit. democrats, on the other...
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it's not free to live in america. if you have the income to help bay the -- pay the dues to pay the cost of this society, you should help. it's not a punishment. some of our republican caucus friends will say it's a punishment, taxes are evil or they're bad or something like that. they shouldn't be higher than they're supposed to be but they ought to be high enough to pay for the government so we don't have massive deficits. yet they have created massive deficits democrats are trying to dig us out of right now. as i begin to wind down, signaling to my republican caucus folks, if they're going to take the rest of the time, it might be a good time to think about getting up, the fact is, under democratic leadership, we passed a bill that would promote hiring incentives. we promote health care legislation that would promote health care in small businesses to get tax credit in order to cover americans to offer them health care. we have offered tax cuts to 95% of americans. democrats believe in middle class tax cuts that ar
it's not free to live in america. if you have the income to help bay the -- pay the dues to pay the cost of this society, you should help. it's not a punishment. some of our republican caucus friends will say it's a punishment, taxes are evil or they're bad or something like that. they shouldn't be higher than they're supposed to be but they ought to be high enough to pay for the government so we don't have massive deficits. yet they have created massive deficits democrats are trying to dig us...
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every credit transaction in america. presumably that means that if you're in a small, rural area, you used to go in and pick up grocery items and buy some gas, they'd put it on your tab and you'd come pay that at a later day. someone mentioned if you go into a furniture store and they have a special on ma dresses -- mattresses, so you can buy the mattress and come pay for it 30 days later, nothing down, that's a credit transaction the federal government would look in on and have to approve. it would give them the ability to look in on your credit card, mr. speaker. not necessarily take it out of your pocket but electronically look in on those credit records that would give the federal government the authority to examine everybody's transactions. credit card transactions, debit card transactions, presumably if you have credit involved with your bank accounts to look at those loans in the bank accounts, maybe tech knick -- technically not your checking account because yost at credit account but the federal government going
every credit transaction in america. presumably that means that if you're in a small, rural area, you used to go in and pick up grocery items and buy some gas, they'd put it on your tab and you'd come pay that at a later day. someone mentioned if you go into a furniture store and they have a special on ma dresses -- mattresses, so you can buy the mattress and come pay for it 30 days later, nothing down, that's a credit transaction the federal government would look in on and have to approve. it...
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miners are the basis for america's future. and it's true that miners work in a very dangerous profession, but there is absolutely no excuse for a tragedy like this one. we don't know yet the cause of this explosion, but the investigations have begun. we do know, however, that massey engineering, the mine owner, was -- had 450 safety regulations in 2009 for the upper big branch mine. massey said -- kept msha that could have led to a shutdown of the mine and it could have increased scrutiny of this owner. and possibly preventing these disasters. these appeals filed by the companies like massey have created a tremendous backlog at the review commission. a backlog that has increased from 1,500 cases in the year 2005 to 16,000 cases today. the review commission does not have the resource to resolve a backlog of this size in a timely fashion so we as members of congress must immediately provide the background and the legal authority for more funds to hire more administrative law judges so that we can expedite the appeals process. in
miners are the basis for america's future. and it's true that miners work in a very dangerous profession, but there is absolutely no excuse for a tragedy like this one. we don't know yet the cause of this explosion, but the investigations have begun. we do know, however, that massey engineering, the mine owner, was -- had 450 safety regulations in 2009 for the upper big branch mine. massey said -- kept msha that could have led to a shutdown of the mine and it could have increased scrutiny of...
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bank of the america now includes merrill lithuania. bank of america now includes merrill lynch. wells fargo now has wachovia. these were were big. we put the regulation n we changed the laws. now they are bigger. as he says, 63% -- their assets are 63% of the gross domestic product of this country. 15 years ago they were 17% of gross domestic product. what do we have d.o.d. h. to do before someone sends the message that these things are too big understand that this congress, not pass the buck to the regulators who didn't do the job in the past and let me just say this. i think the world of our regulators now. i don't think they're people regulating now that who baiive basically believe we shouldn't regulate. we made a dishaition helped us through three generation. what do we do with senators on the floor passing legislation based on the fact i trust my regulators now. why aren't we passing legislation that will work over the next two or three generations? something that will work whether we get a president that believes we should have market or not, whether we have a good regula
bank of the america now includes merrill lithuania. bank of america now includes merrill lynch. wells fargo now has wachovia. these were were big. we put the regulation n we changed the laws. now they are bigger. as he says, 63% -- their assets are 63% of the gross domestic product of this country. 15 years ago they were 17% of gross domestic product. what do we have d.o.d. h. to do before someone sends the message that these things are too big understand that this congress, not pass the buck...
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thing, if you think about it today, a nation of people who love and cherish america, they still have fund -- are fundamentally puerto rican. ask them. has anybody been to a puerto rican parade in new york? go out there with american flags on the day that the puerto rican parade is, see how much money you make at the puerto rican day parade in new york or chicago. it's an ampleation of who we are -- affirmation of who we are. very different than the other parades in which you see many american flags. why is it we continue to affirm this? why is it that even those proponents of a statehood for puerto rico have not been able to banish the olympic teams? they dare not. why is they have not been able to banish the language of spanish? they dare not. because those are things that are intrinsic to the people of puerto rico. look, let's stop kidding ourselves. let's stop kidding ourselves. this is an attempt to do one thing and one thing only and everybody talks about the american citizens and their rights to statehood. what about the american citizens and i say the only inalienable right th
thing, if you think about it today, a nation of people who love and cherish america, they still have fund -- are fundamentally puerto rican. ask them. has anybody been to a puerto rican parade in new york? go out there with american flags on the day that the puerto rican parade is, see how much money you make at the puerto rican day parade in new york or chicago. it's an ampleation of who we are -- affirmation of who we are. very different than the other parades in which you see many american...
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miners are the basis for america's future. and it's true that miners work in a very dangerous profession, but there is absolutely no excuse for a tragedy like this one. we don't know yet the cause of this explosion, but the investigations have begun. we do know, however, that massey engineering, the mine owner, was -- had 450 safety regulations in 2009 for the upper big branch mine. massey said -- kept msha that could have led to a shutdown of the mine and it could have increased scrutiny of this owner. and possibly preventing these disasters. these appeals filed by the companies like massey have created a tremendous backlog at the review commission. a backlog that has increased from 1,500 cases in the year 2005 to 16,000 cases today. the review commission does not have the resource to resolve a backlog of this size in a timely fashion so we as members of congress must immediately provide the background and the legal authority for more funds to hire more administrative law judges so that we can expedite the appeals process. in
miners are the basis for america's future. and it's true that miners work in a very dangerous profession, but there is absolutely no excuse for a tragedy like this one. we don't know yet the cause of this explosion, but the investigations have begun. we do know, however, that massey engineering, the mine owner, was -- had 450 safety regulations in 2009 for the upper big branch mine. massey said -- kept msha that could have led to a shutdown of the mine and it could have increased scrutiny of...